Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame

Walter Schunk ‘59

Inducted 2025

Walter Schunk graduated in 1959. His wife Karen Roudebush Schunk; children Melisa Schunk Ramsey and Todd Schunk; grandchildren Dylan Ramsey, Dyan Ramsey Perry and Hayden Schunk have also graduated from WHHHS.

Walter has worked in the family Schunk Excavating and Trucking business since he was 15 years old, and is still working today. Walter is also a local farmer and has employed many Harrison High School students in his hayfields throughout the years.

Walter served on the Southwest Local School Board for 40 years, serving as President for several years and holding other offices. While on the Southwest Local School Board, Walter initiated Martin Marietta’s donation of the 30 acres of land to WHHHS where the Activity Center is now located. Walter served as the public address announcer for the William Henry Harrison High School Boys Basketball games from 1975 to 2016 for a total of 41 years. Walter has announced William Henry Harrison High School football games as the public address announcer and for radio. He is a member of the WHHHS Alumni Association.

Walter Schunk has always been a proud William Henry Harrison High School graduate and proud of his Miamitown and Harrison Community!

Jeff Biddle ‘75

Inducted 2025

Jeff Biddle is a lifelong resident of the Southwest Local School District and graduated from WHHHS in 1975. He was Valedictorian of his graduating class and was active in school activities throughout his scholastic career. Jeff received his Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from the University of Cincinnati. He has been the owner of Village Pharmacy in Harrison since 1989.

Jeff is married to Pam (also a WHHHS graduate). They have four daughters, Molly, Maggie, Marci, and Mindy (all WHHHS graduates) and seven grandchildren (four of them attend Southwest Schools). Jeff’s father, Paul Biddle, graduated from Harrison High in 1941.

He has been involved in community service for many years. Jeff served on Harrison City Council and has just completed 25 years on the Southwest Local School Board. During that time, the district has had continued growth in academic performance and extracurricular activities, and constructed four new schools, bringing the district into the 21st century. Jeff is proud to have been part of this process.

In addition to this, Jeff serves on the board of directors of Harrison Building and Loan, and also serves as a preceptor for students from the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy. He is also very active with the WHHHS Alumni Association. Jeff is very proud of his local roots. He’s a devotee of history of Harrison and Morgan Township of Butler County (where his mother grew up).

Rob Dearwester ‘02

Inducted 2025

Rob Dearwester is a graduate of the class of 2002. Rob decided at a very young age that he wanted to accomplish more than anyone ever thought that he could. His sophomore year Rob began to wrestle and he was actually very good at it. He was consistent and intentional in all of his practices again proving that he was going to surpass all expectations. Rob later in his high school career became one of Harrison’s first wrestling All Americans. He later went on to wrestle for the University of Mount St Joesph.

His college career ended abruptly with a life- changing surgery. A year later he began to grow his family with his wife, Celia. Rob began as a volunteer coach for Harrison youth Wrestling in 2004 and still coaches today. Rob began his career with Dunkin which has opened the door to donations and outreach within not only Harrison’s community but also surrounding communities. Rob has help to organize food donations for events, cash donations for the schools, the coffee cart for the high school.

Rob helped form the Athena Wrestling Club and from this club Harrisons Girls wrestling team blossomed. Three of Rob’s four daughters also wrestle. The team brought back to back team state titles home for Harrison High School and many other awards including being ranked the #3 team nationally. Robs biggest motto has and will forever be, “You will be whatever you think you will be, if thats ok with you its ok with me.

Jennifer Campbell Loftus ‘93

Inducted 2025

Jennifer Loftus (nee Campbell) is a mom, CEO and proud alumna of WHHHS, class of 1993. Her story centers on her personal motto: “Enjoy life’s journey and make a difference along the way.”

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Northern Kentucky University and afterwards she launched her career at Miller Brewing Company, now known as MillerCoors.

She met and married her husband Jay and grew her family with three amazing kids: Jack, Jessie and Julia. She chose to shift her priorities to focus on her growing family and “retired” from the corporate life. She worked part-time for an agency that focused on marketing for Kroger while balancing the needs of a young family.

In 2017, she launched JJL Marketing Solutions. Her agency has a large range of clients that cross several categories, including wine, crackers and chocolate! Running her own company is truly a dream come true. She launched her second company, a non-profit called JOYFUL. Her mission is to bring holiday cheer and joy to people in vulnerable circumstances. Her JOYFUL Elf Cart brings joy to families who find themselves in hospitals, nursing homes or jail, by making custom Holiday Elves to bring a smile to their faces and a little joy in an otherwise difficult time.

The JOYFUL cart not only brings joy to those in need but also led her to volunteer regularly at the high school, mentoring young students with everything from presentation skills to mock interviews and everything in between. Giving back to her Alma Mater is truly a full circle moment for her.

Dr. Melody Hall Hartzler '04

Inducted 2024

Dr. Melody Hall Hartzler has developed a passion for functional medicine and treating the underlying causes of disease. Her focus areas are functional gastrointestinal disorders, nutritional deficiencies, metabolic conditions, and autoimmune conditions. She is also a nationally recognized speaker on diabetes and functional medicine. She is currently Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Specialist (BCACP), and is Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM). She is the owner of PharmToTable, LLC, where she develops continuing education for pharmacists at FxMedCE.com and provides a platform for functional medicine telehealth visits. She is passionate about working as a team to change the landscape of pharmacist provided care. She is also the Director of Clinical Services for Profero Team, LLC.

In addition to leading a team of functional medicine providers, she does spend time in clinical practice serving patients in Ohio via telehealth and in person in the greater Dayton/Cincinnati areas to address a variety of chronic conditions with a focus on diabetes, insulin pump management, and functional gastrointestinal conditions.

She is a graduate of Ohio Northern University College of Pharmacy and completed her residency training at Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center. Her functional medicine education has come from a variety of different conferences, educational programs, and clinical experience. She has completed Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (AFMCP) from Institute of Functional Medicine and completed a Fellowship of Anti-Aging, Metabolic and Functional Medicine (FAAMFM) with the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M).

She and her team of pharmacists across the country are ready to help transform lives, from not feeling well, tired, stressed, and experiencing GI symptoms; to thriving, symptom free and back to enjoying life! You can find her and her team here and check out the TableTalk Podcast.

Amy Storer Scalia '00

Inducted 2024

Amy Storer Scalia is a 2000 graduate of William Henry Harrison High School. In 2007, Amy Scalia founded Cincy Chic, an online lifestyle publication for women in Greater Cincinnati, which now has more than 32,000 opt-in subscribers, and six years later launched its sister publication Cbus Chic. She sold her company in 2018 to a regional publishing firm and they’re now growing the concept in multiple other markets.

Today, Amy works for one of the largest media conglomerates in the world, Sinclair Broadcasting Group. She’s an on-air host on Local12, Cincinnati’s CBS affiliate, with a weekly segment running every Wednesday on Local12 called “Amy on the Go,” a monthly home show called “Refined Living“ and a BRAND NEW weekly show launching in April 2024 called “Cincinnati Refined” airing every Saturday on WKRC.  She’s also managing editor of Cincinnati Refined, the station’s online lifestyle publication, featuring local people, places and services. 

Her major life accomplishments include: being a mom of three amazing kiddos (after battling infertility for years), being a “40 Under 40” recipient from the Cincinnati Business Courier, winning the “Best New Product/Service of the Year” Award from the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, a national Web-writing award from ASHPE and national feature writing award from ASBPE, running three Flying Pig marathons, and recently launching a foundation with her husband called the PSNEVERGIVEUP Foundation, which provides resources and grants to those with chronic illnesses seeking fertility treatments.

Amy Searcy '79

Inducted 2024

Amy Searcy, lifelong resident of Hamilton County, born in Harrison, seventh child of James and Margaret Searcy, graduated from W.H.H.H.S in 1979, the last of all her siblings to graduate from Harrison. Amy then went on to graduate from Xavier University and Salmon P. Chase College of Law, No. Kentucky University and shortly thereafter began her dedication to public service.

Amy practiced Criminal Defense Law as a Public Defender, was a Municipal Court Magistrate and the Director of Hamilton County Board of Elections before becoming a Common Pleas Judge in the Hamilton County Court of Domestic Relations in 2014. For the past three years, Judge Searcy has continued to additionally serve as Administrative Judge responsible for oversight of all aspects of the Court’s operations.

Judge Searcy believes in giving back to the community. She is currently a Hamilton County Great Parks volunteer, and she has served on multiple Master Plan Committees, the City of Harrison Planning Committee, the Harrison Tree Board since 2010, and the Great Parks of Hamilton County Master Plan Committee. In 2020, she was named “First Lady of the Community” by Xi Eta Iota. This year Judge Searcy was appointed to the Conservancy Court of the Miami Conservancy District, an honor bestowed upon only one common pleas court judge from each of the nine counties included in the Miami Conservancy District; protecting the tributaries and Great Miami River from pollution and maintaining the integrity of the river banks.

Amy is married with two children, seven grandchildren, and four dogs. She is a parishioner of St. John the Baptist Church and Chair of Reach Out Pregnancy Center.

To sum up: Judge Searcy, a product of Harrison Community and her parents, has dedicated her life to the preservation of life, trees, nature, justice, and a devotion to God. She is thoroughly honored by this recognition from W.H.H.H.S.’s Alumni Association.

Phyllis Wilson Wolf '56

Inducted 2024

Phyllis Wilson Wolf is a lifelong resident of Harrison, OH and a proud graduate of Harrison High School (class of 1956).  The day after graduation, Phyllis was asked if she would be interested in becoming the secretary for the Harrison High School principal, Ralph Sinks.  Phyllis worked as the Harrison High School secretary to the principal for 30 years.  Phyllis was then offered a job in the Southwest Local District Treasure’s office, where she served for 37 years.  In June 2023, Phyllis Wilson Wolf officially retired after working for the school district for 67 years.  During her 67 years, she never missed a day of work.  To this day, Phyllis will work part time when needed at the Treasurer’s office.

In 1958, Phyllis married Bernie (Skip) Wolf.  They had two children named Terry and Diane.  The also had three stepchildren named BJ, Kathy and Johnny (deceased).

Phyllis is a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Harrison, where she has had perfect attendance for 71 years. 

Phyllis has been involved with many community memberships and committees.  She has volunteered for too many things to list.  Harrison residents appreciate her dedication and work in the community.

The most important things to Phyllis has always been family, her church, the Harrison community and her job with Southwest Local Schools.  Phyllis feels blessed with good health and has always loved what she gets to do.